Resources

Plant Choice

• Thurston County Noxious Weed Control

• Plant Materials for Landscaping, A List of Plants for the Pacific Northwest available for a small fee from: Bulletin Office, WSU Cooperative Extension, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164-5912

• Plant Materials for Landscaping, A List of Plants for the Pacific Northwest available for a small fee from: Bulletin Office, WSU Cooperative Extension, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164-5912

• Appropriate Plants for Northwest Landscapes brochure from Washington Toxics Coalition, 4516 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105

• Native Plant Resources for the Pacific Northwest from King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks Water and Land Resources Division, 201 S. Jackson Street, Suite 600 Seattle, WA 98104

• Plant Materials for Landscaping, A List of Plants for the Pacific Northwest available for a small fee from: Bulletin Office, WSU Cooperative Extension, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164-5912

• Pacific Northwest Native Plant Directory available from Hortus NW, PO Box 955, Canby, OR 97013

Gardening

• SOUND GARDENING: How to Protect Water Quality and Your Garden at the Same Time, a 30 minute workshop presented by a certified Master Gardener, Contact Cooperative Extension at 296-3440. For information specifically about gardening around the Sound, call WSU/King County Cooperative Extension at 1-800-325-6165.

• Free gardening workshops, taught by Master Gardeners, outdoors at local community gardens throughout King County. Call King County Parks and Recreation at 206-296-4281 or 206-296-2964 to register, or for more information.

• Gardening in Western Washington, an interactive web site including stewardship gardening and "ask an expert", provided by WSU Cooperative Extension

Composting

• Home Composting brochures and plans from King County Solid Waste Division, 450 King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 296-4466

• Composting at Home, a comprehensive resource for composting information including the "Natural Lawn & Garden Hotline" for questions about getting started, composting problems, and help with your composting project, (206) 633-0224

Integrated Pest Management

• Garden Insect Pests brochure as well as brochures on clothing moths, fleas, spiders, ants, flies, cockroach and tent caterpillar control from Washington Toxics Coalition, 4516 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105

• Directory of Least-Toxic Pest Control Products a catalog of materials from The Bio-Integral Resource Center which specializes in finding non-toxic and least-toxic, integrated pest management (IPM) solutions to urban and agricultural pest problems, Box 7414, Berkeley, CA 94707

• Pacific Northwest Landscape Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Manual, steps to better landscape care including problem diagnosis and management options, available for purchase from: Bulletin Office, WSU Cooperative Extension, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164-5912

• Hortsense - On line home gardener fact sheets for managing plant problems with IPM or Integrated Pest Management, including cultural controls and Washington-registered pesticides, provided by WSU Cooperative Extension.

• Pesticides in Our Communities: Choices for Change - a community action guide available for $4.00 postpaid from CONCERN, Inc., 1794 Columbia Rd. NW, Washington, D.C. 20009